While everyone queues for the Oia sunset, locals are doing something else entirely. Six spots, six villages, six differe...

While everyone queues for the Oia sunset, locals are doing something else entirely. Six spots, six villages, six different ways residents actually spend their weekends in Santorini. Pyrgos for a long, slow taverna lunch. Vlychada for a Saturday morning harbour walk with the fishermen. Megalochori's plateia for Sunday coffee before the island wakes up. The northern end of Perissa's black-sand beach for a proper family beach day. Emporio's medieval Kasteli lanes for an evening volta. And Fira's back streets for tiropita at 7am and a fruit market with no caldera surcharge. Every one of these is open, operating, and genuinely where island life happens on a weekend. Save this before your next trip to Santorini, and let us know in the comments which one you'd try first.